An indication of the extent to which Jews in Berlin are engaged in manual labor is provided in a “Handbook of Jewish Artisans” which has just been issued here by the Federation of Master-Artisans of the Jewish Faith in Berlin.
The handbook contains a list of 650 master-artisans in Berlin, members of the Federation, and belonging to all branches of handicraft. “Men in all branches of handicraft,” the handbook says, “have joined together in order to show to what extent the Jews in Berlin are engaged in manual labor. They are all men who are proud of their handicraft as they are of their Judaism.”
The handbook makes an appeal to Jewish circles to support the Jewish artisans and help them to maintain their economic position by making use of their services.
The Central Union of German Citizens of the Jewish Faith has on several occasions appealed to German Jewry to promote artisanship by apprenticising their sons to Jewish artisans and by establishing artisan training centres all over the country. An exhibition of work by Jewish master artisans, journeyman artisans and apprentices was held in Leipzig to demonstrate the ability of the Jew as an artisan.
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